6. When you were offered entry into the Order of the British Empire as an Officer, what was your reaction, and are there any benefits of the title?

My main reaction was that somehow they'd got the wrong person and that feeling stayed with me even when I was up at Buckingham Palace with some really amazing people who have been similarly honored and were real heroes. Even though I was certain there had been a mistake, it is a huge honor. Now that I'm an OBE officer, I can get married in St Paul's Cathedral, and I get invited to some very select social and heritage functions.

7. Will there ever be a Black and White 3?

At the moment neither of the projects we're currently working on is related to Black & White. But that's not to say we won't think about it in the future.

8. For all the ambitious feats you attempted in the original Fable, it was the visceral thrills of the combat/spell that made the game so much fun. I'm worried that the one button combat system will turn the game into a button masher. How exactly do you plan to retain the (albeit slight) cerebral joy of combo systems with a single button combat system?

First let me apologize, I've been a bit cheeky using the term one button combat since we've assigned one button each to melee range and magic. So this means if you want to be strategic, you are free to use any combination. For example, you could use the force push spell to throw your opponent in the air, then shoot them when they are mid-air and then strike them with an axe when they hit the ground. The game multiplies experience by the variety and complexity of your combat technique.

9. The aging process in Fable 1 happened in rather abrupt spurts. It seemed to be directly tied to the experience spent, so a trip to the green chamber in the hero's guild could net your character 5-12 years in age over the course of a minute. These jumps made the passage of days within the game feel logically disconnected from the passage of time. I am certainly not suggesting a true 1-day to 1-day ratio of in-game days and character age; however, I am curious as to how you plan to approach the aging process in Fable II, and how smooth of a transition will it be? Would spending a stock pile of experience make your young virile twenty-something hero a silver-haired and wrinkled veteran in one trip? Will my character die of old age? If not, how old will he get until he stops aging?

You do not age by spending experience in Fable II. Rather, you age as you progress through the story. The maximum age you can be in Fable II is around 50 years old and you'll still be pretty fit if you've taken care of yourself.

10. It's said that our memories are partly responsible for our dreams and that our day to day life can affect what sort of dream we have. Working on Fable, Fable TLC and the upcoming Fable II - have you ever had a dream involving the world of Albion?

I have had many of them and some are about the lower moral characters in Albion – probably best not to go into details! Quite a lot of the dreams are about being lost in Albion, which is probably more about development process I suspect. And there was one where I had a pet Balverine!